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The United States
of America
USA
By Maéva Buisson – 4B
Map of the U.S.A.
A minimum of things to be known about the
United States.
 There are 316 million inhabitants.
 There are 50 states.
The capital is Washington D.C..
The biggest city is New-York.
The native Americans
were Indians
A little of history…
Their boat was the
Mayflower
The first Europeans arrived
in 1620 : the Pilgrim Fathers
The first Black slaves
arrived at the end of the
17th century.
Abraham LINCOLN abolished
slavery and died assassinated in
1865, at the end of the Civil War.
The president
The president is Barack OBAMA.
He lives at the White House,
it is situated in Washington D.C.
The first president was Georges Washington
The emblem is an eagle
The flag
The American flag is called « Stars and
Stripes », « Star-Spangled Banner » or « The
Old Glory ».
The red and white stripes represent the first
13 colonies.
There are 50 stars for the 50 states.
The two last stars
were added in 1659
when Alaska and
Hawaï joined the USA.
The National day
The National day is July 4th : it
is called Independence day.
It commemorates the
Declaration of Independence
in 1776.
Some famous monuments
New York
The statue of Liberty was a
gift of friendship from France
(1886)
The highest skyscraper in New
York is the Empire State Building
The Golden
Gate Bridge
is famous in
San Francisco
Mount Rushmore
National Park in the Black Hills of South
Dakota.
The 4 presidents on
Mount Rushmore are :
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Georges WASHINGTON
Thomas JEFFERSON
Theodore ROOSEVELT
Abraham LINCOLN
Head = 60 feet tall (18 meter tall)
The most popular sport is :
baseball
Mountains & river
The two mountain ranges are :
The Appalachians
The Rocky mountains
The longest river is the Mississippi
The length of the Mississippi River is approximately
2320 miles (3730 km)
The USA has got the most spectacular gorge
in the world
The Grand Canyon
Its shapes and colours
are fantastic !...
• Carved by the Colorado River
• Length : 277 miles (446 km)
• In the North West of Arizona.
The End